Besides, I don't see Holland letting go of Helm any time soon. Babcock loves him, and letting him go would pretty much put the wings in the Canucks' shoes with regard to their 3rd line centre position.

Ah, k. Thanx for the reply doods. So, booth's and Kes's injuries don't help us, but maybe Malhotra's does? His $2 mill salary doesn't help much, but maybe closer to the tradedeadline it might be useful.

dbr wrote:Todd, no. Once the team exceeds the cap they can claim LTIR and exceed it by the amount of the injured players cap hits. They can't save up extra space by waiting to claim that exception.

ukcanuck wrote:They can go over the cap by the amount of the long term injured player to pay for a replacement.

There is some question about malhotra being able to go on LTIR I believe

Interesting, a centre ($0.75m UFA) and a RH defenseman ($1.15m UFA one season later) for free. I know these two players won't provide much offense and Lee is not a defensive stud neither. However, Halpern can win some faceoffs which might defensively help the team. Lee could be a little bit of a project but if he is used as a 6th defenseman who is RH, he might be ok.

Hmm... right now I think I'd take Halpern. He is getting a bit old for a hockey player, but I'd take just about any centreman right now. Even if it's just to help out till Kes comes back, we can just waive him again after.

Interesting, a centre ($0.75m UFA) and a RH defenseman ($1.15m UFA one season later) for free. I know these two players won't provide much offense and Lee is not a defensive stud neither. However, Halpern can win some faceoffs which might defensively help the team. Lee could be a little bit of a project but if he is used as a 6th defenseman who is RH, he might be ok.